
Instead, the coroner comes to the monastery and determines that Stanislav was beaten to death with stones. Oskar arrives to investigate, but the abbot of the monastery won’t let him remove the body for a post-mortem. The sacristy is where the relics are kept no one could view them without Stanislav’s permission, and the only other key is held by the chamberlain, Brother Killian. Max is embarrassed that he and his father did nothing in the face of the revelation of Stanislav’s bigotry, unlike Isaak.īut then Stanislav is found beaten to death in the sacristy of his monastery. Max’s father recognizes the man as someone from their synagogue, Isaak Korngold-the brother of Clara’s new fiancé Jonas. The man cites his own scripture, that he “shall pelt him with stones,” and hurls a rock at Stanislav, breaking one of the displayed relics. A Jewish boy was just beaten by other boys, who scrawled “demon” on a nearby wall-the same word Stanislav used in his article, quoting early church fathers.

Stanislav recently wrote an article stirring up hatred of Jews. The lecture also ends up being far more eventful than expected.Īs the speaker, a Brother Stanislav from a nearby monastery, is introduced, a man calls out from the back of the room to accuse the monk of being a bigot.

His interest is explained when they arrive to find Amelia waiting. Max’s father is pleasantly surprised: his son wants to join him at a lecture on religious relics at the historical society, even though Max places no stock in religion. Recap the previous and following episodes. Vienna Blood airs Sundays at 9:00 pm and is available to stream at the same time.
